My friend wants a under 500$ build What cpu?

[NoHamNoJam]

I want to get an AMD quad core for him cause all of the Intel post core 2 quad are overpriced. Which AMD cpu would be good.For references sake here's the build

• RX 480
• EVGA 100-W1-0500-KR - 500W
• Samsung evo 750 128gb

• Western Digital WD10EZEX 1TB

• HyperX FURY 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR3 1866 MHz 

• And a miniatx MOBO depending on the socket and shite 

• Corsair  Carbide Series 88R 

 

[Clanscorpia]

i3-4170/6100

[SageOfSpice]

Is there a point in getting a 480 when the rest of the computer can't keep up?

You'd be better off setting him up on a better platform, and allowing him to upgrade the GPU when he can afford it.

 

Don't stick him on a dead-end platform.

 

So:

Lower ram to 8gb

Get rid of SSD

Set him up on the LGA 1150

Get an i3 or something

[NoHamNoJam]

1 minute ago, Clanscorpia said:

i3-4170/6100

See my friend wanted a quad core 

[Clanscorpia]

Hyper Threading makes it basically a quad core

[alphaproject]

I7-2600 used... go from there.

[MightyMic]

https://pcpartpicker.com/ is your friend.

Also, does this include monitor, mouse, keyboard, os? or is this just the system?

The RX 480 seems very over powered for this price point. At $200 (if we're lucky) you're at 40% of your budget.

 

1 minute ago, NoHamNoJam said:

See my friend wanted a quad core 

The i3 has hyperthreading and will most likely beat out any AMD quad core cpu

[Heavygun1450]

FX-8350, I5-6500, I5-6400, I3-6100

[NoHamNoJam]

4 minutes ago, alphaproject said:

I7-2600 used... go from there.

I live in Ireland the used market is really small here, You mainly have ready built pc's 

[alphaproject]

3 minutes ago, NoHamNoJam said:

I live in Ireland the used market is really small here, You mainly have ready built pc's 

Ok, noted....

If you have to buy something brand new $500 is a stretch. I don't see it being possible without getting really bad parts.

 

Like does he need a monitor too, keyboard/mouse.... no idea really.

 

Like I already have a monitor/keyboard/mouse/speakers/headphones

 

If I upgrade I literally only need to change motherboard/cpu/ram (maybe) psu . I would keep my 970 for awhile unless it has issues. So my upgrade would be far less.

[NoHamNoJam]

11 minutes ago, Heavygun1450 said:

FX-8350, I5-6500, I5-6400, I3-6100

So the 

i5-6500

 would be a good choice if I scrapped the SSD and went with 8 gb of ram

[alphaproject]

Yea u don't need 16 gb of ram on a budget build. I5-6500 sounds pretty good though.

[NoHamNoJam]

48 minutes ago, alphaproject said:

Yea u don't need 16 gb of ram on a budget build. I5-6500 sounds pretty good though.

yeah but what Mirco atx MOBO

 

43 minutes ago, NoHamNoJam said:

yeah but what Mirco atx MOBO

Mini*

[SteveGrabowski0]

A little over budget, but no way you're building something better than this for $500

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($45.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($26.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ NCIX US) 
Other: AMD RX 470 ($159.00)
Total: $523.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-23 18:29 EDT-0400

[alphaproject]

Solid... but I'd just splurge for the 480 even if I had to buy it later on while I put the rest of it together.